Top ten most frequently challenged books of 2003

Out of 458 challenges reported to the Office for Intellectual Freedom

1. Alice (series), by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
   Reasons: sexual content, offensive language, unsuited to age group
2. Harry Potter (series), by J.K. Rowling 
   Reasons: occult/Satanism
3. Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck 
   Reason: offensive language
4. Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture, by Michael Bellesiles
   Reason: inaccuracy
5. Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers 
   Reason: drugs, offensive language, racism, sexual content, violence
6. Go Ask Alice, by Anonymous 
   Reason: drugs
7. It’s Perfectly Normal, by Robie Harris 
   Reason: homosexuality, nudity, sexual content, sex education
8. We All Fall Down, by Robert Cormier 
   Reason: offensive language, sexual content
9. King & King, by Linda de Haan 
   Reason: homosexuality
10. Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson
    Reason: occult/Satanism, offensive language